Ye An

Ye An dragged his prey back to the rocky mountain. Lily of the Valley was clearing a small piece of land at the foot of the mountain to plant the mutated plants.

Hearing a sound behind her, Lily of the Valley put down the wooden watering bowl, and held the short knife vigilantly.

"It's me." Ye An walked to the edge of the pool, let go of the rope that had been pulled all the way, and wiped the sweat that slipped from the corners of his eyes.

The water pool has completely dried up, and the bottom of the pool is a large piece of dry and cracked soil.Except for scattered fish bones and a few carapaces, there are no living creatures.

Ye An once turned over a clod of soil, there was nothing on the surface, but there were many small mutated snails on the back.These mutated snails hide in the mud at the bottom of the pool. As the mud dries up, those who are too late to escape are sealed in the soil and become the nourishment for the next rainy season.

A large piece of bluestone was laid on the bottom of the pool. Before that, Ye An thought there were only a few pieces, but as more and more clods were removed, he found that the entire bottom of the pool was covered with similar bluestones. Also engraved with strange symbols.

Seeing these symbols, Lily of the Valley shook her head at Ye An.As far as she knew, it was not the mark of any city or settlement, nor had it been seen in any caravan.

Ye An did not rush to move the stone away.For the sake of caution, it is better to maintain the status quo if you are not fully prepared and not sure what is next.

"There are two more." Ye An opened the kettle and drank two big gulps, and said to Lily of the Valley who came over, "A wild boar and a black bear. I will stay in the car and bring them back as soon as possible."

"Do you want me to help?" Ling Lan asked.

"No need." Ye An pointed to the wild boar and said, "Clean up first, I will be back as soon as possible."

Watching Ye An go back to the forest, Lily of the Valley fetched a wooden basin from the cave and began to bleed the wild boar. At the same time, she lit a fire to boil water to clean the pig hair.

Ye An returned to the modified car, and found two jackals patrolling beside the wheels. Hearing the sound of footsteps, they bared their teeth at him at the same time, posing a threat.

They have obviously been hungry for a long time, and they are bound to get the prey in the car.

Ye An drew out his dagger, without any hesitation, rushed forward as fast as he could, and quickly killed a jackal.The other one wanted to escape, but was knocked down by Ye An with his companion's corpse, pierced the neck with a knife, struggled twice and then stopped breathing.

Ye An retracted the dagger into its sheath, tied the wild boar and black bear with ropes, and hung the two jackals on the backs of the wild boars. After testing the weight, they found it to be all right, so they wrapped the ropes around their shoulders and returned along the same path.

The temperature is getting higher and higher, and the sweat on the body is layer after layer. After drying, it forms salt particles and hangs on the skin, which feels very uncomfortable.

Ye An walked a certain distance, and his breathing became heavy.My eyes began to darken, and my feet seemed to be stepping on cotton.He had to stop to rest, and sat down against a mutated tree, opened his pocket, took out a sour fruit and put it in his mouth.

His lips were tanned, and Ye An habitually stretched out his hands to peel them off. He felt the pain and made him hiss unconsciously.Looking at the dry skin in his hand, he wiped the wound on his lower lip with his fingertips. He knew it would hurt, but he couldn't help but licked it twice with his tongue.

When Ye An was resting under a tree, he encountered a mutated python returning from hunting.

The mutated python's harvest today was obviously not small, the prey it swallowed was huge, and its body became thicker by two or three circles.

Spotting Ye An under the tree, the mutated python slowly swam over, the black letter nodded his shoulder, and lowered his head to bite the rope that bound the prey.

"Thank you."

Ye An was about to stand up, but his right hand was accidentally on the ground, and he almost fell to the side.

"what happened?"

Ye An turned around and scraped through the grass, and found that the roots of the mutated tree protruded from the ground, supporting an arch bridge under the tree.He happened to be sitting on a tree root, surrounded by tall grass, so he didn't notice the strangeness immediately.

The tall grass grows very luxuriantly, and when the grass blades are pushed aside, there are large gray-white mushroom umbrellas between the grass stems.

"Why are there mushrooms here?"

There is no rain in the dry season, and Ye An hasn't seen mushrooms for a long time.With curiosity, he pushed aside the mutated grass around him, and found a stream flowing through the grass, the water was only as thick as a thumb.The source of the stream is hidden under the tree roots, which turned out to be a spring.

Compared with the spring behind the rocky mountain, the water volume of this spring is not abundant, and the converging stream cannot flow too far, let alone flow into the river channel. It can only make the ground near the tree roots wet and soft, and produce many mutant mushrooms.

"I don't know if I can eat it, I'll take it back and have a look."

There are many sun-dried mushrooms in the cave, which Ye An collected during the rainy season, and the soup tastes very delicious.

The mushrooms under the tree roots are not big, and the mushroom caps are only the size of longan, but there are quite a lot of them. They are distributed in a circle around the spring, and they are picked round and round, and soon fill half of the pocket.

Feeling the same, Ye An tightened the mouth of the bag on his back, bent down to pick up the body of the jackal, and returned to the rocky mountain together with the mutated python waiting at the side.

Lily of the Valley moved very quickly. By the time Ye An walked out of the dense forest, the two wild boars had been cleaned up. The pig's blood was packed in wooden basins, most of the internal organs were packed in wooden barrels, and the pig's intestines were wrapped with leaves and hay, ready to be shredded and used as mutated plants. fertilizer.

"Leave a small intestine." Ye An put down the bag on his back and the mutant jackal, took the rope from the mutant python's mouth, dragged the wild boar and black bear, and said to Lily of the Valley.

"Okay, but it's very troublesome to clean up." Lily Lan cut off a small intestine with a knife in her hand, looked at the animal skin bag Ye An had untied, and found a lot of mushrooms inside, and said in surprise, "There are still mushrooms now." , where did you find it?"

"There is a spring in the forest." After briefly explaining the matter, Ye An poured out the mushrooms in the bag, grabbed two of them and handed them to Lily of the Valley, "Can I eat them?"

Lily of the Valley took off the mushroom cap, smelled it at the broken part of the stipe, and carefully rummaged through the pile of mushrooms, picked out a small handful of pure white ones, and said to Ye An, "These are poisonous and cannot be eaten. question."

"I'll pick some more tomorrow. These will be stewed tonight." I'm not sure if I can eat them, but the mushrooms Ye An brought back are not too many, and they can be eaten soon.

Ye An started to deal with brown bears and wild boars, Lily of the Valley freed up her hands, and started to give birth to seedlings again.

The blood and viscera on the ground are the best nourishment. The mutated plants are spawned, and the roots are directly stuck in the blood-stained soil. The plants grow rapidly, and the vines climb on the ground. The leaves are green and green, and flower buds the size of rice grains emerge from the top.

A thin layer of sweat broke out on Lily of the Valley's forehead, not because of the heat, but because of too much physical exertion, and she couldn't hold on.Noticing her situation, Ye An took out a bowl of water from the house and handed it to her, sprinkled some salt in the water.

"I'm fine, just rest for a while." Ling Lan leaned against the door and said to Ye An.

Ye An didn't say much, just told her not to push back, took out the shovel and the ax obtained in the last battle from the wooden box, disassembled the cleaned wild boar and brown bear, and salted most of the meat, bear's paw and The pig's head was left, and it was planned to be roasted and then cooked in a pot.The two jackals remained in their burrows to feed the ferrets.

"Bear's paw." Ye An raised a bear's paw, shook it left and right a few times, and poked the palm with his finger.

While at the cabin, he once killed a mutant bear.It's a pity that the strength is not enough. In order to save his life, he had to throw the mutated bear far away, and a mutated deer was also dragged away.

Ye An's performance made Ling Lan a little puzzled, but she didn't ask.When the physical strength is almost recovered, take out a few mutated grasses and plants similar to ginger from the cave, and tell Ye An that these are all seasonings, without processing, smash them with stones and put them in the pot, which can make the stew taste better.

Ye An imitated the lily of the valley, picked up the mutated plants and smelled them one by one, and was sneezed by the stimulation of the ginger.Press the leaves with refreshing aroma under the nose to dispel the pungent smell.

When the two were busy, they didn't notice that a bee followed Ye An to the rocky mountain and hid in a narrow rock crevice.

In the evening, the broth in the pot is boiling, and the lid of the pot is continuously lifted by the hot air, and a tempting fragrance wafts out from the gap.

Lily of the valley lit the lantern, and Ye An lifted the iron pot from the hearth and put it on the stone in front of the door.

The two sat on the ground, took the meat out of the pot, put it on a wooden plate, cut it into thin slices with a short knife, and put it in their mouths.Mushrooms are also stewed in the soup, which is very delicious.

"The meat of different animals, especially the meat of large mutant beasts is very good for the body." Lily of the Valley cut a piece of wild boar meat and said to Ye An, "The bones of wild boar and mutant bears are dried and ground, and mixed with grass juice, can Make medicine."

The two pots of stew were eaten clean, not even the soup was left.

Lily of the Valley watered the mutated plants, then went back to the cave to rest.

Ye An put the tools into the wooden box, closed the door, lay on his back on the wooden bed, looked at the dark roof, felt exhausted, and soon fell asleep.

In the dark night, two bees flew out from the crevice of the rock, one hovered in Ye An's window, and the other flew to the mutated plant spawned by the lily of the valley, landed on the tender green leaves, and cut open the bulging flower buds with its arthropods , while shaking its tentacles, conveying joyful emotions to its companions.

After confirming the lush mutant plants one by one, the two bees flapped their wings, left the rocky mountain, and quickly disappeared into the night.

At dawn, Ye An was half asleep and half awake, when suddenly there was a buzzing sound in his ears.

Sensing that the situation was wrong, Ye An woke up instantly, opened the door and looked out, and found more than ten golden and black bees flying under the eaves, conveying joyful emotions in the circle.

The bee swarm gathered at the foot of the mountain, some were busy getting beeswax to build their nests, some were flying over the mutated plants, collecting pollen and nectar, condensed into a golden slurry, and fed to the queen bee at the center of the bee colony.

Lily of the Valley was also awakened by the bee swarm. Because there were too many bees, she couldn't come down from the cave for the time being. She could only stand at the entrance of the cave, looking at Ye An at the foot of the mountain, and pointed to the bees at the foot of the mountain, her face full of astonishment.

At the same time, three more herds of elephants and rhinos came to the delta.

With the arrival of these behemoths, the water in the river decreased rapidly, most of the riverbed was exposed, and the mud at the bottom of the river was dried up.

Water sources have become scarce, and conflicts between mutant beasts have become more frequent.In order to survive, some populations left the vicinity of the isolated island one after another and migrated upstream along the river.

To cope with longer migrations, elephant herds must store large amounts of water in their bodies.Experienced female elephants led the group to look for springs on the island, crossing rifts and dense forests, getting closer and closer to rocky mountains.